Throb vs MenoDagbok
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Throb
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Log a migraine in one tap, even mid-attack, on a dark screen that won't hurt your eyes. Throb is a private migraine and headache diary you pay for once: no subscription, no account, no ads. ABOUT THROB Throb is a migraine and headache tracker for iPhone (iOS 18 or later) with an Apple Watch app. It is made for people with frequent or chronic migraine who need a reliable headache diary for themselves and for their doctor or neurologist. Everything is stored on the device; nothing is sent to the developer. LOGGING ⢠Start an attack with one tap from the app, the Lock Screen widget, Control Center, the Action Button, Siri ("Log a migraine in Throb") or Apple Watch. ⢠Attack mode is a dark, low-light screen. Tap the pain level as it changes to draw a pain-over-time curve, and log every dose. ⢠Record where it hurts on a head map, plus symptoms, triggers, aura and prodrome, relief methods and notes. ⢠Whole-day entries for daily or continuous headache, with no start or end time. ⢠"Feeling one coming" notes early warning signs before the pain starts. ⢠Log medication doses taken outside an attack, including preventives. FOR YOUR DOCTOR ⢠Doctor report PDF: headache days, attacks, duration, peak pain, acute-medication days, how often each medication helped and its median time to relief, MIDAS disability score and the HIT-6 questionnaire. ⢠A monthly count of acute-medication days, shown as information, never as an alarm. INSIGHTS ⢠Calendar heat map, trends and a searchable list of every attack. ⢠Co-occurrence: which triggers and symptoms show up with your attacks. Patterns only, never claimed causes. ⢠Preventive treatment check: headache days per 30 days before versus since you started a preventive, with optional reminders from daily tablets to injections every few weeks. ⢠Barometric pressure trend from the iPhone's own barometer, optional alerts on sharp drops, and an optional pressure forecast from Apple Weather. DATA AND PRIVACY ⢠Works fully offline. No account, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no ads. ⢠Optional iCloud sync through your own private iCloud database. ⢠Optional Apple Health: reads sleep and menstrual cycle, writes headache events. ⢠Automatic local backups with restore, plus CSV and JSON export. ⢠Import from a Migraine Buddy CSV export or a headache spreadsheet. ⢠Face ID lock. PRICE Free: logging, attack mode, full history, calendar, search, backups, iCloud sync, export, Face ID lock and a doctor report for the last 30 days. One-time purchase, no subscription: doctor reports for any date range and all insights. LANGUAGES 20 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Arabic, Dutch, Turkish, Polish, Swedish, Hindi, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese. WHAT THROB IS NOT Throb does not diagnose, predict or treat migraine and is not a medical device. It records what you log so that you and your clinician can see the pattern. No streaks, no gamification, no community feed, no notification spam.
MenoDagbok
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Your menopause diary. Simple, private, offline. Is this perimenopause? Log hot flashes, sleep, mood and five more symptoms in thirty seconds a day ā and MenoDagbok turns your evenings into the picture your doctor actually wants: trends over time, your heaviest symptoms, and whether things are easing. LOG IN THIRTY SECONDS ⢠Tap a severity for each symptom ā hot flashes, night sweats, sleep, mood, brain fog, fatigue, joint aches, anxiety ⢠Count the day's hot flashes ⢠Tick off HRT / hormone treatment if you take it ⢠Add a note (triggers like stress, wine, long days) SEE THE PATTERN ⢠Daily symptom score on a calm color scale ⢠7-day trend for free ā see your week at a glance ⢠Premium: 30 and 90-day trends ā is it actually getting easier? ⢠Premium: symptom breakdown ā which symptoms weigh heaviest SHOW YOUR DOCTOR REAL DATA ⢠Premium: doctor report (PDF) with symptom averages, hot-flash frequency, HRT days and every logged day ā print it or send it before your appointment PRIVATE BY DESIGN ⢠No account, no cloud ā everything stays on your iPhone ⢠Works completely offline ⢠No ads, no tracking Gentle evening reminders keep the diary honest, and an optional HRT reminder helps you stay consistent with treatment. MenoDagbok is a private diary for self-reported symptoms. It does not diagnose or treat anything and is not a medical device. Always discuss your symptoms with your doctor or gynecologist. Premium is available as a monthly or yearly subscription (with a 7-day free trial on yearly) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel anytime in App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://biscuitfox.com/menodagbok/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MenoDagbok at every 2 weeks against Throb's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Throb sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MenoDagbok sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Throb ships an update every 2 months, MenoDagbok every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Throb | MenoDagbok |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evatech Innovations,TOO | Arpit Roy |
In-app purchases
Throb
- Throb Lifetime Unlock$12.99
MenoDagbok
- Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$29.99









